Quotables
"Transmission of documents via telephone wires is possible in principle, but the apparatus required is so expensive that it will never become a practical proposition."
Dennis Gabor, British physicist
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308989 | Collapsible structures Collapsible structures are provided that have an enclosed interior space that can be used to hold and contain water or other matter. The interior space is defined by an enclosing wall and a base that are both waterproof to prevent leakage of the water or matter cont... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7165280 | Fluid-control medical mattress A fluid-control medical mattress includes a platform and multiple supports mounted on the platform. Each support is a bladder for selectively receiving fluid to support a patient. A skirt is mounted to a periphery of the platform and surrounds the platform for retai... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7089618 | Air mattress An air mattress or bed is disclosed. The air mattress has a first panel, a spaced second panel, and at least one side panel extending between the first panel and the second panel, each panel being joined to the other along their common peripheral edges to define a s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7032258 | Inflatable hot tub kit An inflatable hot tub kit that includes a self-supporting tub structure that can be used on ground or used in a body of water. The kit includes a thermostat and hoses designed to connect to an external fresh water supply system. The tub structure comprises three inf... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6357061 | Bath air mattress cushion The inflatable bath air mattress cushion includes an inflatable back cushion portion, an inflatable mat cushion portion connected to the inflatable back cushion portion, a pair of inflatable side cushion portions connected to opposing sides of the inflata... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6123217 | Inflatable cooler An inflatable cooler having a tubular housing The housing includes an outer wall, a bottom wall and an open topped cooling chamber for receiving a standard sized beverage container. The outer wall supports, internally of the housing, a plurality of inflat... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5946744 | Inflatable swimming pool construction An inflatable swimming pool construction that gives high resistance to deformation of the sidewall when filled with water. The pool includes a central ring with a circular cross-section, and attached top and bottom rings having a cresent-shaped cross-sect... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5729840 | Inflatable article An inflatable article made of impervious flexible material includes a top sheet, a bottom sheet, an inner sheet and an outer sheet that confine a looped air receiving space. The top sheet includes a seat portion sized to seat at least one person thereon. ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5570480 | Inflatable floating spa An inflatable floating spa for use in water by a person to recline and rest therein that is formed from a resilient material and comprises an air chamber that provides support for suspended upper and lower water chambers which remain submerged and a sheet... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5345622 | Method of fabricating inflatable bathing tub and associated support apparatus The method of forming an inflatable tub that includes shaping inner and outer plastic sheets to form tub upright side walls and end walls, and corners between the walls; bonding the sheets at each wall to form panels bonded together at certain locations, ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5247712 | Inflatable bathing device A bathing device for use in a hospital or nursing home environment comprises a rectangular chamber surrounded on five sides by inflatable interconnected panels. An integral head and neck support are provided at one end of the rectangular chamber. A drain ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5195192 | Portable bathing apparatus A portable bathing apparatus comprising a body length container having an inflatable wall which forms a shallow tub for holding water for bathing a person, the wall has a valve for inflating the wall from a source of air, the container is provided with a ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5022102 | Inflatable bathing devices A bathing device comprises an air inflatable bathtub and shampoo bowl of flexible material. When deflated, the bathing device lies flat for convenient storage and portability. When inflated, it expands to form a bathtub in which a person may sit, a sloped... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4964183 | Tanning tub The invention provides a tanning tub which can be inflated for use and deflated for transporting and for storage. Two tubular walls vertically stacked support a tubular air mattress attached suspended centrally between the walls. The tubes in the tubular ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4958389 | Portable/disposable shower-bath A device for attachment to a hospital bed to facilitate the showering and/or bathing of bed-ridden patients is comprised of a compliant rectangular waterproof sheet whose perimeter has a multitude of tethers which secure the sheet tightly upon the mattres... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4858755 | Inflatable display container Disclosed is an inflatable container suitable for use as a portable aquarium. The inflatable container has an upper open end and side walls which are easily and economically constructed from a single sheet of flexible film material. The sheet is folded up... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4838967 | Baby's bath This invention is concerned with inflatable plastic baby baths similar in shape to a rubber tire inner tube having an impervious web across the ring. The web is preferably midway between the top and the bottom of the inflatable tube or annulus, and by inf... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4756032 | Inflatable pool An inflatable pool comprises a base sheet and a hollow inflatable wall having its bottom end heat sealed to the edge of the base sheet. The wall includes a pair of first sheets sealed together at first seal seams forming a plurality of compartments, and a... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4744112 | Collapsible solar-heated hot tub A collapsible, gas-inflatable hot tub which is for use in locations where hot water is not accessible or where hot baths are not available. The water of the hot tub is solar heated by making the walls of the water-holding receptacle black, and by providin... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4651360 | Inflatable pool An inflatable pool which comprises a base sheet and a hollow-shaped inflatable wall having its bottom end heat-sealed to the edge of the base sheet. The wall is provided with outer heat seal seams and inner heat seal seams which are extending axially and ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4547919 | Inflatable article with reforming and reinforcing structure An inflatable article, having a pair of gas impervious sheets which are heat welded together at their edges to form an envelope and are provided with parallelly spaced apart longitudinal first seams to define a plurality of air compartments between the pa... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4546505 | Portable spa A portable spa including a base platform sufficiently dimensioned to support one or more occupants and being of an inflatable structure capable of being expanded or collapsed for use or storage respectively. A containment wall is interconnected between th... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4335473 | Water reservoirs, particularly swimming pools Water reservoir comprising a flexible bottom and side walls formed by at least one inflatable tubular element extending along a closed contour, said bottom and said tubular element resting on a support. The bottom is connected to the tubular element by a perip... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4136725 | Motion compensating liquid holding tank A motion compensating tank which includes a bottom tank portion which is able of holding liquid and a top portion which has a flotation collar and a flexible collar. The flotation collar is buoyant in the liquid so as to float substantially level thereon... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4068326 | Inflatable bathtub A bathtub which can be inflated about a bed-ridden patient with minimum inconvenience to the patient is disclosed. Inflatable tubular cells form the sidewalls which support an impermeable liner forming an enclosure. A cover extends between the sidewalls. ... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4023220 | Inflatable bathing tub An inflatable bathing tub has a size whereby it may be conveniently placed into a shower stall. The tub is fabricated of an attached and ascending series of interconnected inflatable annular tubes, preferably of increasing diameters. Drainage means allow ... | 05/17/1977 |
